mitt romney won the washington caucuses last night. he carried 38% of the vote versus 25% for second place finisher ron paul. that means romney gets the lion's share of washington state's 40 delegates. president obama speaks to the apac conference today. it is the largest jewish lobbying organization in the united states. the president ham kurnd fire recently for his stance on middle east peace and iran will have much more on apac and the mornings of the president's speech a little later in the show. >>> in washington it seems like there's very little room for compromise across the aisle. that reality led to a surprise announcement this past week for maine republican senator olympia snow. she's not going run for a fourth term. cnn congressional correspondent dana bash has more on what that means. >> reporter: flashback, september 2009. >> i want to do my job, and our job is to sit here and do it as long as it takes. >> reporter: a frustrated olympia snowe out on a limb working with democrats on health care reform. >> people in this cou